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ADAMS, Eleanor N. Yale Studies in English, 55Old English Scholarship in England from 1566-1800. in dj. Archon Books, New Haven, CT, 1970, ADAMS, Eleanor N. Old English Scholarship in England from 1566-1800 . [New Haven, CT]: Archon Books, 1970. Pp. [1]-204,(4). 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Yale Studies in English, volume 55. "When Old English was a spoken language there was no scholarship, in the strict sense. How andwhen did the study of the language and literature of Old English begin and what obstacles did it meet in its development? The first old English book was published in 1566 and the first professorship of the language in an English university was established in 1795. This study has considerably wider implications than its title might imply. It connects a literary movement ofa peculiar kind with the general political and religious history of Englan d. In a broader sense, it touches upon all men - in what are they interested, and why, at a given time? how do they learn? how do they build upon the past?" - from the dj. Top edge spotted, a bit musty, small damp spot to front board, name stamp, else vg in dj. 65.00

ALEXANDER, W.J.Study of Literature : Inaugural Address Delivered at the Convocation of Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., Oct. 28th, 1884.Nova Scotia Printing Company, Halifax, 1884, ALEXANDER, W.J. The Study of Literature : Inaugural Address Delivered at the Convocation of Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., Oct. 28th, 1884. Halifax : Printed at the Office of the Nova Scotia Printing Company, n.d. [1884]. Pp [1]-22,(2). 8vo, pale green printed stitched card covers. Watters p.600. Alexander was Munro Professor of English Language and Literature at Dalhousie University, and Sometime Fellow of the Johns Hopkins University. William John Alexander (1855-1944) was born in Hamilton, Ontario, taught at Prince of Wales College, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, in 1878-79, then left for Johns Hopkins University, and later took the position of Professor of English at Dalhousie University in Halifax, where he taught from 1884to 1889. In 1889, he took the new chair of English at University College, University of Toronto. In 1889, he used his inaugural lecture to define "the study of literature as a work of interpretation" and recognized "the great truth that the production of emotion is the object of the highest forms of literature." Tear to foot of spine and fore-edge, else very good. 125.00

ALLEN, Richard. TURVEY, Malcolm. MICHELSON, Annette). Film Culture in Transition.Camera Obscura, Camera Lucida : Essays in Honor of Annette Michelson.Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, 2003, ISBN:9053564942 (MICHELSON, Annette). ALLEN, Richard and Malcolm TURVEY, eds. Camera Obscura, Camera Lucida : Essays in Honor of Annette Michelson. Edited by Richard Allen and Malcolm Turvey. [Preface by Rosalind Krauss]. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, (2003). Pp. (4),5-294,(2). Illustrated in black and white. 8vo, illustrated grey card covers with orange, blue and green letteringto front cover, cream lettered brown title block to spine. A volume in the Film Culture in Transition series. "Annette Michelson's contribution to ar t and film criticism over the last three decades has been unparalleled. This volume honors Michelson's unique legacy with original essays by some of the many film scholars influenced by her work. Some continue her efforts to develop historical and theoretical frameworks for understanding modernist art, while others practice her form of interdisciplinary scholarship in relation to avant-garde and modernist film." - from the rear cover. Contents: Mikhaeil Iampolski's "The Logic of an Illusion: Notes on the Genealogy of Intellectual Cinema"; Allen S. Weiss's "Narcissistic Machines and Erotic Prostheses"; Tom Gunning's "Loie Fuller and the Art of Motion: Body, Light, Electricity and the Origins of Cinema"; Stuart Liebman's "Visitings of Awful Promise: The Cinema Seen from Etna"; Edward Dimendberg's 'Transfiguring the Urban Gray: Laszlo Moholy-Nagy's Film Scenario 'Dynamic of the Metropolis'"; Noel Carroll's "Eisenstein's Philosophy of Film"; Peter Wollen's "Knight's Moves"; Richard Allen's "Hitchcock and Narrative Suspense: Theory and Practice"; Noa Steimatsky's "From the Air: A Genealogy of Antonioni's Modernism"; William G. Simon's "Dr. Strangelove: or; the Apparatus of Nuclear Warfare"; Giuliana Bruno's "Collection and Recollection: On Film Itineraries andMuseum Walks"; and Babette Mangolte's "Afterward: A Matter of Time: Analog Versus Digital, the Perennial Question of Shifting Technology and Its Impl ications for an Experimental Filmmaker's Odyssey". Very good. 45.00

APOSTLE, Richard. RAYMOND, Boris.Librarianship and the Information Paradigm. First Edition.Scarecrow Press, Inc., Lanham, Maryland, 1997, ISBN:0802007457 APOSTLE, Richard and Boris RAYMOND. Librarianship and the Information Paradigm. Lanham, Md., & London : The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1997. First Printing. Pp. (2),iii-xiii,(1),[1]-162. 8vo, green cloth with gilt lettered black title blocks to front board and spine. Apostle was a professor of Sociologyand Social Anthropology at Dalhousie University, Halifax, at the time of p ublication. Contents: 1. Paradigms in Conflict (by Boris Raymond); 2. The Impact of Technological Change on the Work and Skill Patterns of the LibraryProfession in Canada; 3. The National Library and the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (with Kim Adams);4. The Convergence o f Library and Information Literature (with Paul Smith); 5-6. Library and Information Work in Canada: Analysis of an Emerging Labour Market; 7. Changesin Canadian Library and Information School Curricula and Ogrganization dur ing the Past Twenty Years; 8. Reflections: LIbarianship in a Post Modern Era. With appendices, bibliography, and index. Very good. 30.00

ARDMAN, HarveyNormandie : Her Life and Times. First Edition in dustjacketFranklin Watts, New York, 1985, ISBN:0531097846 ARDMAN, Harvey. Normandie : Her Life and Times. New York : Franklin Watts, 1985. First Printing. Pp (12),[1]-435,(1) + 24 pages of b&w photos. 8vo, blue paper-covered boards, copper and metallic blue lettering to spine. "Normandie ! Never has a ship so beautiful ssailed the seas. Not only was she the largest, the fastest, and the most technologically advanced ocean liner of her time, she was the last word in elegance - a "floating palace" — the "queen" of the thirties. Now, on the fiftieth anniversary of her launch, Harvey Ardman has told the many stones of Normandie : the determination that brought her to life from the aeptns of the Depression; the scientific breakthroughs that made possible her size and speed; her bold and imaginative designers; the remarkable artistic achievement that made her the last great expression of Art Deco and the most sumptuously decorated vessel ot her time;her rivalry with the Queen Mary and the super sporting events from which s he emerged the winner of The Blue Ribbon of the Atlantic three times; the men and women — the rich, the beautiful, and the famous who traveled aboard her when ships were the only way to cross; the role she played in the events of her time and the events themselves; and her much lamented, tragic end on American shores where she may have been a foreigner but one greatly loved and admired. Not only does Ardman alter and add to what is generally known about Normandie, he corrects the errors perpetuated over the decades and provides surprises for ship buffs and general readers alike. A long overduetribute complete with black and white photographs and eye-witness accounts , here is lively social history married with verve and scholarship to the biography of a great lady, Normandie ! " - from the jacket. Preface; Chapters : 1. October 29, 1932; 2. Setting the Stage; 3. The Unlikely Partnership;4. A Superliner Comes to Life; 5. Fitting Out; 6. The Art Deco Ship; 7. In auguration of a Queen; 8. Run for the Ribbon; 9. An American Welcome; 10. The Perfect Ship; 11. Challenge from a Queen; 12. Life on the Atlantic; 13. Our Last Year of "Peace"; 14. The End of Optimism; 15. At the Mercy of Strangers; 16. Getting Ready for War; 17. Fate Decides; 18. Her Future in Doubt; 19. Gullivar vs. the Lilliputians; 20. Destination Unknown; 21. The Normandie Legend. With index. Small stain to front board, else very good in price-clipped dustjacket. 35.00

BANNISTER, Jerry, (ed.) RIORDAN, Liam REID, John G. DAVIES, GwendolynLoyal Atlantic : Remaking the British Atlantic in the Revolutioary Era. First Paperback EditionUniversity of Toronto Press, Toronto / Buffalo / London, 2012, ISBN:9781442611092 BANNISTER, Jerry, and Liam RIORDAN (eds.). The Loyal Atlantic : Remaking the British Atlantic in the Revolutioary Era. Toronto / Buffalo / London : University of Toronto Press, (2012). First Paperback Edition. Pp (6),[vii]-xxi,(5),[3]-318,(2). Maps. Index. 8vo, art-illustrated card covers, lettered in black and white. ""Adding to a dynamic new wave of scholarship in Atlantic history, The Loyal Atlantic offers fresh interpretations of the key roleplayed by Loyalism in shaping the early modern British Empire. This cohesi ve collection investigates how Loyalism and the empire were mutually constituted and reconstituted from the eighteenth century onward. Featuring contributions by authors from across Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom, The Loyal Atlantic brings Loyalism into a genuinely international focus. Through cutting-edge archival research, The Loyal Atlantic contextualizes Loyalism within the larger history of the British Empire. It also details how, far from being a passive allegiance, Loyalism changed in unexpected and fascinating ways - especially in times of crisis. Most importantly, The Loyal Atlantic demonstrates that neither the conquest of Canada nor the American Revolution can be properly understood without assessing the meanings of Loyalism in the wider Atlantic world." (Abstract). Contents : 1. Loyalism and the British Atlantic, 1660-1840 (by Jerry Bannister and Liam Riordan). Part I. Interpretive Frameworks of Allegiance within Imperial Transition. 2. The American Loyalist Problem of Identity in the Revolutionary Atlantic World (by Keith Mason). 3. Imperial-Aboriginal Friendship in Eighteenth-Century Mi'kma'ki / Wulstukwik (by John G. Reid). Part II. Transnational Print Culture and Loyalist Expression. 4. Loyalists Respond to Common Sense:The Politics of Authorship in Revolutionary America (by Philip Gould). 5. New Brunswick Loyalist Printers in the Postwar Atlantic World: Cultural Transfer and Cultural Challenges (by Gwendolyn Davies). Part III. Loyalist Slavery and the Caribbean. 6. Revolutionary Repercussions: Loyalist Slaves in St. Augustine and Beyond (by Jennifer K. Snyder). 7. Uses of the Bahamas bySouthern Loyalist Exiles (by Carole Watterson Troxler). Part IV. Loyalist Religious Politics after the American Revolution. 8. Loyal Orangemen and Republican Nativists: Anti-Catholicism and Historical Memory in Upper Canada and the United States, 1837-1867 (by Allison O'Mahen Malcom). 9. ''Papineau-O'Connell Instruments': Irish Loyalism and the Transnational Dimensions ofthe 1837 Rebellions in Upper and Lower Canada (by Allan Blackstock). After word: Loyalist Cosmopolitanism (by Robert M. Calhoon). Very good. 25.00

BENTON, John DRAGE, Alessandra McSHANE, PhilipIntroducing Critical ThinkingAxial Press, Haliafax, N.S., 2005, ISBN:0968450377 BENTON, John, Alessandra DRAGE, and Philip McSHANE. Introducing Critical Thinking. Haliafax, N.S.: Acial Press, (2005). Pp (4),i-iii,(1),1-222,(2). 8vo, blue card covers, lettered in yellow. "Introducing Critical Thinking reaches out to a wide audience with an introductory answer to the question, "what is critical thinking?" The answer you are invited to work towards should be an enlightenment not only regarding your education, but also regardingyour life-possibilities. This book takes seriously the Socratic slogans "k now thyself" and "the unexamined life is not worth living." It does so by focusing on the question of knowing yourself as a thinker. In a very concrete and inspirational way this text offers hope for a new ethos in learning, teaching and adult growth. Introducing Critical Thinking looks to the future with optimism, bringing fresh and practical vision to the most fundamental problems in philosophy." (from the back cover). Edgeworn, creased, pennedprice and price-sticker, penned note to last page, yellow highlighting to one page, else good. 35.00

BERGER, Carl.Writing of Canadian History : Aspects of English-Canadian Historical Writing since 1900. Second Edition, papebackUniversity of Toronto Press, Toronto / Buffalo / London , 1988, ISBN:0802065686 BERGER, Carl. The Writing of Canadian History : Aspects of English-CanadianHistorical Writing since 1900. Second Edition . Toronto / Buffalo / London : University of Toronto Press, (1988). Pp (8),[ix]-x,(4),[1]-364. Index. 8 vo, red card covers, lettered in black and white. "In this classic study ofCanadian historiography, Carl Berger considers the impact of subtle and un predictable influences on a numbeer of outstanding Canadian historians and thus on the development of scholarship, and our understanding of. the history of Canada. Berger's interest is focused on the creative edge of historical writing, those authors who have broken out of traditional patterns of interpretation, and on the social and intellectual climate in which each developed his ideas. Beginning with George M. Wrong and Adam Shortt, Berger goes on to consider the work of Frank Underhill, Harold Innis, Arthur Lower, Donald Creighton. and William Morton. He explores the new directions in which these scholars have taken us, and reflects on the factors of each one's intellectual environment that have shaped his thinking." (from the Abstract). Contents : Preface to the First Edition. Preface to the Second Edition. 1. The Founders of Critical History: George M. Wrong and Adam Sortt. 2. The Rise of Liberty . 3. Frank Underhill: History as Political Criticism. 4. Harold Innis: The Search for Limits. 5 .Arthur Lower and a National Community. 6. A North American Nation, 7. Reorientation. 8,. Reorientation and Tradition, 9. Donald Creighton and the Artistry of History. 10. William Morton: The Delicate Balance of Region and Nation . Purple highlighting on pages 69-78, else very good. 15.00

BIRNBAUM, Henrik, and Michael S. FLIER (eds.). FLIER, Michael S. California Slavic Studies, Vol. 12.Medieval Russian Culture. First Edition in dustjacketUniversity of California Press, Berkeley / Los Angeles / London, 1984, ISBN:0520049381 BIRNBAUM, Henrik, and Michael S. FLIER, (eds.). Medieval Russian Culture. Berkeley / Los Angeles / London : University of California Press, (1984). First Printing. Pp (6),[vii]-x,(4),[3]-395,(1). Illustrated. Index. 8vo, black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Vol. 12 in the California Slavic Studies seriies. Very good in nicked dustjacket. 50.00 "The fourteen essays in thisvolume assemble some of the most significant current research on medieval Russian culture by leading specialists in the Soviet Union and Eastern and Western Europe as well as the United States. The range of topics is wide - language and literature, art and architecture, religion and folk belief. Each essay provides an in-depth analysis of a single problem or set of problems that vary in scope from urban to rural, from social to individual. In this manner the volume evokes the richness and complexity of Russian culture before Peter the Great without sacrificing thoroughness and detail. Some ofthe contributions challenge received opinion on issues with a long traditi on of scholarly inquiry; others introduce materials analyzed for the first time. All are intended to stimulate further Western scholarship in an area of Russian studies which in recent years has been investigated most actively in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, students of Russian culture, and,because of its comparative value, to students of medieval European culture as well." (from the dj). Contents : Culture and Society : The Balkan Slavi c component of medieval Russian culture (by Henrik Birnbaum); The martyred prince and the question of slavic cultural continuity in the early middle ages (by Noman W. Ingham); Monastic medicine in Kievan Rus' and early Muscovy (by Russel Zguta); On the so-called Chersonian antiquities (by Andrzej Poppe); Sunday in medieval Russian culture: Nedelja versus Voskresenie (by Michael S. Flier); Unresolved issues in the history of the ideological movements of the late fifteenth century (by Jakov S. Luria). Art and Architecture: Identity models of old Russian sacred art (by Konrad Onasch); The church es of Novgorod: the overall pattern (by Nikolai Dejevsky). Language and Literature : Toward a social history of Russian (by Dean S. Worth); The impactof ecclesiastic culture on old Russian literary techniques (by Riccardo Pi cchio); On the rhetorical style of Serapion Vladimirskij (by Ralph Bogert);The funciton of word-weaving in the structure of Epiphanius' Life of Saint Stephen, Bishop of Perm' (by Jostein Bortnes); Problems of glossality in n ewly translated parts of the Gennadius and Ostrog Bibles of 1499 and 1580-81 (by Gerd Freidhof); The language situation and linguistic consciousness in Muscovite Rus': the perception of church slavic and russian (by Boris A. Uspensky). Very good in nicked dustjacket. 50.00

BISHOP, Elizabeth). PICKARD, Zachariah.Elizabeth Bishop's Poetics of Description. First Edition in dustjacket.McGill-Queens University Press, Montreal & Kingston, 2009, ISBN:9780773535053 (BISHOP, Elizabeth). PICKARD, Zachariah. Elizabeth Bishop's Poetics of Description. Montreal & Kingston, London, Ithaca: McGill-Queen's University Press, (2009). First Printing. Pp. (8),[ix]-x,(2),[1]-212. 8vo, black paper covered board with silver lettering to spine. "Many readers are struck by Elizabeth bishop's use of clear, striking descriptions of the physical world, but no scholar has ever analysed how Bishop's commitment to description shapes her writing and thinking. 'Elizabeth Bisop's Poetics of Description' argues that attention to the material realm informs everything Bishop does. Seen through the lens, many familiar topics look remarkably different. Bishop's relationship to travel, epiphany, surrealism, and imagery are all transformed and a timely new Bishop emerges -- one quite different from the postmodern poet that has dominated recent scholarship. Zachariah Picard eschewsacademic jargon and concentrates on the poems themselves as well as on a n umber of key prose passages that have long been overlooked. His study combines scholarly rigor with clarity and common sense to present a moving new account of Bishop's work that will appeal to educated readers within and without the academy." - from the dustjacket. Very good in crisp dustjacket. 50.00

BISHOP, Roy L. EVERETT, JosephJoseph Everett and the King's College Observatory. Reprinted from The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 72, No. 3, pp 138-148, June, 1978Royal Astronomical Society, 1978, BISHOP, Roy L. Joseph Everett and the King's College Observatory. Reprintedfrom The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 72, No. 3, pp 138 -148, June, 1978. Pp (1),138-148. Illustrated. 8vo, blue printed stapled card covers. “Through the efforts of Joseph David Everett, Professor of Mathematics, Natural Philosophy at Astronomy at King's College, Windsor, Nova Scotia, an astronomical observatory was built at that college in 1861. This was apparently the first observatory to be erected in Nova Scotia for educational purposes. With Everett's return to Scotland in 1864, interest in astronomy faded at King's, although during the next decade the building was used as a meteorological observatory.” (Abstract). Roy L. Bishop taught at Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Penned name, else very good. 15.00